# Asia–Europe Meeting

The Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM) is an Asian–European political dialogue forum to enhance relations and various forms of cooperation between its partners. It was officially established on 1 March 1996 at the 1st ASEM Summit (ASEM1) in Bangkok, Thailand, by the then 15 Member States of the European Union (EU) and the European Commission, the then 7 Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and the individual countries of China, Japan, and South Korea. A series of enlargements saw additional EU Member States join as well as India, Mongolia, Pakistan and the ASEAN Secretariat in 2008, Australia, New Zealand and Russia in 2010, Bangladesh, Norway, and Switzerland in 2012, as well as Croatia, and Kazakhstan in 2014.
The main components of the ASEM Process rest on the following 3 pillars:
* Political Pillar
* Economic & Financial Pillar
* Social, Cultural & Educational Pillar
In general, the ASEM Process is considered by the Partners involved to be a way of deepening the relations between Asia and Europe at all levels, which is deemed necessary to achieve a more balanced political and economic world order. The process is enhanced by the biennial meetings of Heads of State and Government, alternately in Asia and Europe, and biennial meetings of Foreign Ministers as well as other Ministerial Meetings, and other political, economic, and socio-cultural events at various levels.

## Partners

The ASEM Partnership currently has 53 Partners: 51 countries and 2 regional organisations. The countries are Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Kingdom and Vietnam while the European Union and the ASEAN Secretariat are the regional organisations involved.

## Meetings
### ASEM Summits

Biennial Summits are held alternating between Asia and Europe, attended by the Heads of State and Government of the respective partner countries and organisations:
* ASEM13: 25–26 November 2021, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
* ASEM12: 18–19 October 2018, Brussels, Belgium
* ASEM11: 15–16 July 2016, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
* ASEM10: 16–17 October 2014, Milan, Italy
* ASEM9: 05–06 November 2012, Vientiane, Laos
* ASEM8: 04–05 October 2010, Brussels, Belgium
* ASEM7: 24–25 October 2008, Beijing, China
* ASEM6: 10–11 September 2006, Helsinki, Finland
* ASEM5: 08–09 October 2004, Hanoi, Vietnam
* ASEM4 Archived 1 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine: 22–24 September 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark
* ASEM3: 20–21 October 2000, Seoul, South Korea
* ASEM2: 03–04 April 1998, London, United Kingdom
* ASEM1: 01–02 March 1996, Bangkok, Thailand

### ASEM Ministerial Meetings

Aside from Summits, regular Ministerial Meetings are held on foreign affairs, financial, cultural, economic, educational, labor and employment, transport, or environmental issues, attended by the relevant ministers:

#### ASEM Foreign Ministers' Meetings (ASEMFMM)

* ASEMFMM14 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 15-16 December 2019, Madrid, Spain
* ASEMFMM13: 20–21 November 2017, Naypyidaw, Myanmar
* ASEMFMM12: 05–06 November 2015, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
* ASEMFMM11 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 11–12 November 2013, New Delhi, India
* ASEMFMM10 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 06–07 June 2011, Gödöllő, Hungary
* ASEMFMM9 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 25–26 May 2009, Hanoi, Vietnam
* ASEMFMM8 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 28–29 May 2007, Hamburg, Germany
* ASEMFMM7 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 06–07 May 2005, Kyoto, Japan
* ASEMFMM6 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 17–18 April 2004, Kildare, Ireland
* ASEMFMM5 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 23–24 July 2003, Bali, Indonesia
* ASEMFMM4 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 06–07 June 2002, Madrid, Spain
* ASEMFMM3 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 24–25 May 2001, Beijing, China
* ASEMFMM2 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 29 March 1999, Berlin, Germany
* ASEMFMM1 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 15 February 1997, Singapore

#### ASEM Finance Ministers' Meetings (ASEMFinMM)

* ASEMFinMM14: 2020, Dhaka, Bangladesh
* ASEMFinMM13 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 26 April 2018, Sofia, Bulgaria
* ASEMFinMM12 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 09–10 June 2016, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
* ASEMFinMM11 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 11–12 September 2014, Milan, Italy
* ASEMFinMM10 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 15 October 2012, Bangkok, Thailand
* ASEMFinMM9 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 17–18 April 2010, Madrid, Spain
* ASEMFinMM8 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 16 June 2008, Jeju, South Korea
* ASEMFinMM7 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 08–09 April 2006, Vienna, Austria
* ASEMFinMM6 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 25–26 June 2005, Tianjin, China
* ASEMFinMM5 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 05–06 July 2003, Bali, Indonesia
* ASEMFinMM4 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 05–06 July 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark
* ASEMFinMM3 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 13–14 January 2001, Kobe, Japan
* ASEMFinMM2 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 15–16 September 1999, Frankfurt, Germany
* ASEMFinMM1 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 19 September 1997, Bangkok, Thailand

#### ASEM Culture Ministers' Meetings (ASEMCMM)

* ASEMCMM9: 2020, Asia
* ASEMCMM8: 01-02 March 2018, Sofia, Bulgaria
* ASEMCMM7 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 22–24 June 2016, Gwangju, South Korea
* ASEMCMM6 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 20–21 October 2014, Rotterdam, Netherlands
* ASEMCMM5: 18–19 September 2012, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
* ASEMCMM4: 08–10 September 2010, Poznań, Poland
* ASEMCMM3: 21–24 April 2008, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
* ASEMCMM2: 06–07 June 2005, Paris, France
* ASEMCMM1: 03 December 2003, Beijing, China

#### ASEM Economic Ministers' Meetings (ASEMEMM)

* ASEMEMM7: 21–22 September 2017, Seoul, South Korea
* High-level Meeting: 16-17 September 2005, Rotterdam, Netherlands
* ASEMEMM5: 23–24 July 2003, Dalian, China
* ASEMEMM4: 18–19 September 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark
* ASEMEMM3: 10–11 September 2001, Hanoi, Vietnam
* ASEMEMM2: 09–10 October 1999, Berlin, Germany
* ASEMEMM1: 27–28 September 1997, Makuhari, Japan

#### ASEM Education Ministers' Meetings (ASEMME)

* ASEMME8: 2021, Thailand
* ASEMME7 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 15-16 May 2019, Bucharest, Romania
* ASEMME6: 21–22 November 2017, Seoul, South Korea
* ASEMME5: 27–28 April 2015, Riga, Latvia
* ASEMME4: 12–14 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
* ASEMME3: 09–10 May 2011, Copenhagen, Denmark
* ASEMME2: 14–15 May 2009, Hanoi, Vietnam
* ASEMME1: 05–06 May 2008, Berlin, Germany

#### ASEM Labour & Employment Ministers' Conferences (ASEMLEMC)

* ASEMLEMC5 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 03–04 December 2015, Sofia, Bulgaria
* ASEMLEMC4: 24–26 October 2012, Hanoi, Vietnam
* ASEMLEMC3: 12–14 December 2010, Leiden, Netherlands
* ASEMLEMC2: 13–15 October 2008, Bali, Indonesia
* ASEMLEMC1: 03 September 2006, Potsdam, Germany

#### ASEM Transport Ministers' Meetings (ASEMTMM)

* ASEMTMM5 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 11-12 December 2019, Budapest, Hungary
* ASEMTMM4 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 26–28 September 2017, Bali, Indonesia
* ASEMTMM3 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 29–30 April 2015, Riga, Latvia
* ASEMTMM2: 24–25 October 2011, Chengdu, China
* ASEMTMM1 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 19–20 October 2009, Vilnius, Lithuania

#### ASEM Environment Ministers' Meetings (ASEMEnvMM)

* ASEMEnvMM4 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 22–23 May 2012, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
* ASEMEnvMM3 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 23–26 April 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark
* ASEMEnvMM2 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 12–13 October 2003, Lecce, Italy
* ASEMEnvMM1 Archived 16 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine: 17 January 2002, Beijing, China

#### ASEM Ministerial Conference on Energy Security (ASEMESMC)

* ASEMESMC1: 17–18 June 2009, Brussels, Belgium